Penélope Cruz collected a slew of critical and film festival awards—including an Oscar—as the volatile, probably insane ex-wife of celebrated abstract artist Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem) in Woody Allen's rueful commentary on the constant dissatisfactions of love and life. The 2008 film also won a Golden Globe for Best Comedy, as well as nominations for Bardem, Cruz, and Rebecca Hall. The story follows two young Americans, Vicky (Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson), spending a summer in Barcelona who become romantically involved with a charming Spanish Casanova (Bardem).